Lincoln has eyes up!
- Thread starter td71sooner
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Hope it’s a defensive “big one”...we need ball hawks.
Seems to be a lot of people who believe it's Milton the 5* RB from Cali
So if we can't stop them, we just outscore them.
Medic007
Sooner starter
You are aware Lincoln fired Mike Stoops and hired a new defensive coordinator, right?
Of course.
Are you aware that resurrecting this team's defensive reputation may not happen overnight, especially having watched this team in recent years ?
Grinch has to motivate and develop his defense from the ground up and then start recruiting HIS style of defensive players....and so far, FWIW, OU has no defensive players on its 2020 commitment list of 5 players.
https://www.cougcenter.com/2016/6/16/11873698/wsu-cougar-football-defense-stats-2015
"Washington State took a major step forward defensively in 2015 under new Defensive Coordinator Alex Grinch. There wasn’t much good statistically about the 2014 Cougar defense he inherited, just a lot of promising athletes and a few really solid leaders."
"Coach Grinch has found a way to effectively balance the run-stopping, hard-hitting capabilities of a strong safety in Shalom Luani with the protection needed over the top. This is mostly through disguised coverages — Washington State was referenced anonymously by other PAC-12 coaches multiple times as being one of the toughest defenses to game plan against for that very reason — but also through really strong corner play."
"WSU was excellent in the red zone. While a little more than an average number of drives breached the 20 yard line, way less of those that did actually put points on the board. Opponents were 15-of-20 on field goals too, so there wasn’t any funny business really fudging the stat line. The Cougs had the “don’t break” part down pat last season."
"Washington State was remarkably average in just about every defensive category last year (2014), and just that little bump up from where they’d been played a massive role in winning nine games instead of four or five. "
I expect Grinch to do the same for OU, and I like that last comment. For OU, just a little bump up in defense could be the game changer from Playoff Bubble to Natty Contender.
"Washington State took a major step forward defensively in 2015 under new Defensive Coordinator Alex Grinch. There wasn’t much good statistically about the 2014 Cougar defense he inherited, just a lot of promising athletes and a few really solid leaders."
"Coach Grinch has found a way to effectively balance the run-stopping, hard-hitting capabilities of a strong safety in Shalom Luani with the protection needed over the top. This is mostly through disguised coverages — Washington State was referenced anonymously by other PAC-12 coaches multiple times as being one of the toughest defenses to game plan against for that very reason — but also through really strong corner play."
"WSU was excellent in the red zone. While a little more than an average number of drives breached the 20 yard line, way less of those that did actually put points on the board. Opponents were 15-of-20 on field goals too, so there wasn’t any funny business really fudging the stat line. The Cougs had the “don’t break” part down pat last season."
"Washington State was remarkably average in just about every defensive category last year (2014), and just that little bump up from where they’d been played a massive role in winning nine games instead of four or five. "
I expect Grinch to do the same for OU, and I like that last comment. For OU, just a little bump up in defense could be the game changer from Playoff Bubble to Natty Contender.
